time.com - Overfishing along the U.S. Pacific coast has decimated sardine populations to the point that authorities are considering imposing a widespread ban on harvesting the species.
According to the Pacific Fishery Management Council, chronic overfishing has caused sardine numbers in U.S. waters to fall by an estimated 90 percent since 2007.
As a result, malnourished sea lions are struggling to find food and washing up on Californian shores in records numbers, while predatory birds, like the brown pelican, are also suffering.
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